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Table Of Contents
- User’s Manual
- Contents
- About This Book
- Introduction
- System Requirements
- Application Requirements
- Memory Requirements for Cold Cloning
- Virtual Machine and System Image Requirements
- Restoring VCB Images in Converter
- Supported Destinations
- Configuring Permissions for VirtualCenter Users
- Level of Internationalization Support
- How Converting Affects Settings
- Changes to Virtual Hardware
- TCP/IP Port Requirements
- Remote Hot Cloning Troubleshooting Tips
- Installing and Uninstalling
- Converting Machines
- Using the Converter Boot CD for Local Cold Cloning
- Configuring VMware Virtual Machines
- Managing Tasks
- Appendix: Migration with p2vTool Command-Line Interface
- Glossary
- Index
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ThischapterdescribeshowtocreateaConvertertasktoconvertphysicalmachines,virtualmachines,virtual
appliances,andsystemimagesfromavarietyofsourcesintoavarietyofdestinationsusinglocalandremote
hotcloning.
Thischapterincludesthefollowingsections:
“SelectingaConversionProcedure”onpage 29
“StarttheWizardforaConversion”onpage 32
“SelectaSource”onpage 32
“ChooseaDestinationfortheNewVirtualMachine”onpage 36
“CustomizeaNewVirtualMachine’sGuestOperatingSystem”onpage 40
“CompletetheConversionTaskCreation”onpage 42
Selecting a Conversion Procedure
Theprocedureforyourconversioncanvary,dependingonyourvirtualmachinesourceanddestination
choices.Theapproachyoutakeforcreatingyourvirtualmachineisdeterminedbythefollowingfactors:
Thetypeofsourceyouareconverting–Aphysicalcomputer,aVMwareInfrastructurevirtualmachine
(ESXServer),avirtualappliance,orastandalonevirtualmachine.
Thetypeofdestinationyouareconvertingto–ESX Server,ESXServermanagedbyVirtualCenter,a
virtualappliance,oraVMwarestandalonevirtualmachine.
Standalonevirtualmachinesincludemachines,suchasWorkstation,VMware Server,VCB,
Acronis True Image 9,MicrosoftVirtualPCandVirtualServer,Symantec BackupExecServer Recovery
(formerlyLiveState Recovery)6.5and7.0,LiveState Recovery3.0
and6.0,andNortonGhost 9,10,and12
(.sv2i only)images.
Thefollowingtypesofdiskconversionareavailable,dependingonyoursourceanddestinationmachines:
Convertalldisksandmaintainsize–Choosethisoptiontoconvertalldisksunchanged.Thisistheonly
choiceifthevirtualmachineyouareconvertinghasaLinuxguestoperatingsystem.
Selectvolumesandresizetosaveoraddspace–Choosethisoptiontospecifyaspecificsize.
Createaseparatediskforeachvolume–Choosethisoptiontocreateaseparatediskforeachvolume.
(Theactiveandsystemvolumesarenotseparatediftheyresideonthesamedisk.)Thenyoucanmigrate
disksacrossindependentdatastores.
Whenyouexportavirtualappliance,youmustselect
alldisksforaconversionandmaintainthesizeofallthe
disksonthetargetmachine.
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